Example sentences of "[adv] down the length " in BNC.

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1 Left alone , Charlotte walked slowly down the length of the room , debating with herself how much or how little Holly McKitrick might know .
2 Vass regarded her flushed face , then let his eyes drift slowly down the length of her slender , dressing-gown-clad figure .
3 A remote , cool air enveloped her that caused more than one man to think twice about approaching her as she walked slowly down the length of the hall .
4 Halfway down the length of the tunnel a patten caught an advancing man under the chin so that his alarmed cry was cut off short as he was lifted and carried for a distance of several paces before he fell away .
5 They walked briskly down the length of the hall , idly watching the snatched shots , and the confident strokes that sent the white ball flying from the table .
6 He cut the engine , regarding her levelly down the length of the boat .
7 ‘ So is business good ? ’ he enquired , refusing to release the shiny bag , so that Robyn had to stand awkwardly in front of him in all her glorious finery and feel a hundred times worse than ever because his eyes were wandering over her face , travelling lazily down the length of her body , taking in every depressing detail .
8 Items of trade destined for southern Germany now had to be transported across the Corridor and then down the length of Germany .
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